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12-16-2011, 05:32 AM #1
Samsung's A5 Chip Production in Texas in Full Swing
The folks over at Reuters are reporting that Apple’s South Korean component supplier (Samsung) has reached full production at its 1.6 million square-foot factory earlier this month. Although Samsung reportedly began producing A5 processors at the plant earlier in the year, the company only recently reached full capacity.
According to the publication, “nearly all of the output of the non-memory chip production from the factory…is dedicated to producing Apple chips.” The company already produced NAND Flash memory chips at the facility and the reports are claiming the new production line costs $3.6 billion to build, while the company’s total investment in Texas amounts to roughly $9 billion. The only other non-memory logic chip factory Samsung has is located in South Korea. Furthermore, a Samsung spokeswoman told Reuters that 1,100 jobs have been added for the new production line, in an effort to keep up with production.
Apple introduced the A5 chip with the iPad 2 in March and eventually added it to its iPhone line with the release of the iPhone 4S in October. The chip reportedly costs $25 to build, though volume production is believed to have brought the price down to around $15, roughly in line with prices of some of its competing chips. We’ll have to see how long Apple continues to deal with Samsung as the relationship between the two continues to sour on a weekly basis. Though Apple is set to become Samsung’s biggest component customer this year, the two also seemed to be locked in many legal battles with one another over patents related to smartphones and tablets. Apple has reportedly signed deals for the next generation processor (presumably the A6), which is believed to be a quad-core model, with both Samsung and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, so it may very well be that the two will continue to work together despite everything else that seems to be going on.
12-16-2011, 06:26 AM #2
Quad core in a mobile divide I would never have imagined such wonders back when I had my first mobile (Motorola graphite) 😳
I wish I had a miniature elephant that fit in the palm of my hand. I would pick him up and he'd lift up his trunk and stand on his back legs and say PRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHH and I would say yes little elephant i love you too.
12-16-2011, 11:13 AM #3
I love how fast technology advances, and the money we have to spend to keep up., lol.
12-16-2011, 11:55 AM #4
I'm glad they started producing these chips in America, to create a few more jobs for out of place workers. I'm also not too sure that the cell phone patent side of things will effect the production side of things. Samsung and Apple, as a whole, is compartmentalized and divided into sub groups. Each one does their own thing and minds their own business for the better of the whole. It's a holistic approach you see often in business, industry, and the medical field.
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Whilst businesses and industry groups petition for funding to increase their web traffic one local business quietly leads the way, achieving more traffic than every other regional tourism website combined.
Byronbay.com turns 15 this year. The iconic website’s staggering visitation make it the most visited destination website on the NSW North Coast.
“Byronbay.com continues to attract over one million visitors per year” said Founder and Director Rick Slater. “Statistics indicate that over half of the people who visit Byron come to our website first”.
“With an estimated 1.7 million visitors annually to Byron, byronbay.com’s one million visitors annually represents a huge chunk of that traffic” outlined Cameron Arnold, Chair of Northern Rivers Tourism. “This is a remarkable achievement for a local business, particularly given the number of tourism websites vying for attention”.
The website enjoyed 1,040,943 visitors in 2011, representing 204 different countries, with 131,102 different search terms containing the word “Byron” used to find byronbay.com
This figure, according to Slater, shows that visitors want to know all kinds of things about the region and they are doing their independent research before they arrive.
“Our role is to provide information including festivals, events, accommodation, restaurants, weddings, activities and visitor information on Byron and the surrounding region.” said Rick Slater. “We don’t take commissions, which I think makes us more credible to consumers. We simply provide exposure for local businesses and organizations so consumers can easily conduct their research and then make direct contact for a more personalized service”.
When Slater started byronbay.com in 1997 the website served to provide information for visitors and co-operative marketing for local business. “What we now find is that we possess the most comprehensive and up to date statistics on tourism in our region” said Mr Slater.
“From the number of visitors that we are seeing from China to whether visitors want to stay in houses, apartment, hotels or camping accommodation, we can explain the past and provide good predictions for tourism trends to come” he said. “We share this information with our clients where appropriate and we also hope to use it to contribute more broadly to tourism in our magnificent region.
“We are older than google, youtube and facebook. Fifteen years is a long time online” said Slater.

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Going to a police auction used to mean an early morning trip to some warehouse or parking lot where you could rummage through boxes of cell phones, stereo speakers or TVs. But finding a steal is easier than it used to be.
PropertyRoom.com works like eBay, only the items on these auctions have been seized by police departments all over the country. From athletic socks to real estate - the site sells just about everything.
Tom Lane, a former police officer, is the founder and chairman of PropertyRoom.com. He joins us from San Clemente, California.
Mr. Lane, thanks very much for being with us.
Mr. TOM LANE (Chairman, PropertyRoom.com): Hi. Good morning. Thank you for having us on the show.
SIMON: Is this hot stuff?
Mr. LANE: Well, you know, the police department comes into this property of -through seizures, through found property, through evidence from cases, et cetera - and putting on the Internet was just a move to the 21st century actually.
SIMON: So now, when the Philadelphia police have something to auction off it can be put up for bid nationally, someone in California can buy it.
Mr. LANE: Yeah. Previously, the auction - held locally. You may have 50 people show up at the auction. And if you took a listing of everybody who was there, or where they lived, they all live within five, 10, 15, 20 miles of that police department, so all of the stuff will be sold right back there. We've taken one department, and we spread it out into all 50 states.
SIMON: What's on the site?
Mr. LANE: You know, a lot of jewelry, a lot of bicycles, a lot of electronics, a lot of laptops, a lot of sporting good equipment. If you buy Rolex from us, you're getting a real Rolex because we've verified that it's a real Rolex. We may even have repaired it. So when it shows up, it's going to be in working order and it's going to be real. It's not going to be a phony watch because we destroyed the phony items that we receive.
SIMON: Do you know of any instances where somebody has bought back stuff that was stolen from them?
Mr. LANE: Well, they don't have to buy it back. If they can find the item and they can identify it on our site, we will actually stop the auction - and we've done that a number of times - and verified that the item belongs to the individual and returned it to them, free of charge.
SIMON: Should people feel queasy about either wearing a watch that was on the wrist of a drug baron or a ring that belonged to somebody's grandmother?
Mr. LANE: The police department do a wonderful job of returning the stuff, 80, 85 percent of it goes back okay. They go out of their way to try and locate the rightful owner and they can't, and by law in every state, this property that cannot be returned becomes public property and have to be auctioned off.
SIMON: So the interest of the local police department is that they have spread the number of participants greatly.
Mr. LANE: Their interest is always returning the item, okay. That's their first interest. Second interest is once they no longer need it, they need to move it out of their warehouse because with the new DNA evidence, et cetera, they have to keep other evidence a lot longer in their property rooms.
Mr. LANE: So the stuff that they don't need, they need to move quickest.
SIMON: What's the most peculiar item you think you've seen?
Mr. LANE: We do get some unusual items like we got an aboriginal boomerang, okay, and we got an electric (unintelligible) from outside of a supermarket. We got a Persian rug one time, which came to us as a miscellaneous household item that we had appraised that turned out to be a 125-year-old antique carpet that was worth about $22,000.
SIMON: And so the police departments get the proceeds?
Mr. LANE: No. In almost all cases, the money goes back to the general fund of the city.
Mr. LANE: So that goes back to fix some streetlights and potholes and buying fire engines and et cetera. We're recycling the money a second or third time around for the cities.
SIMON: Tom Lane, founder and chairman of PropertyRoom.com.
Mr. Lane, thanks so much for being with us.
Mr. LANE: Scott, thank you very much.
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High-Pressure Scuba Diving Air Hoses Recalled by A-Plus Marine Due to Drowning Hazard
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The diving hose that connects the regulator to the tank’s pressure gauge can separate, reducing the available air supply to the diver. The hoses were sold at scuba diving retailers nationwide from April 2012 through June 2012 for about $34. A-Plus has received three reports of hoses separating. No injuries have been reported.


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Dropbox said today that it now has more than 400 million registered users — a jump from the last public figure about its user base in May last year.
Previously, the company had said it had 300 million users. The company declined to say how many of them are monthly active users, but it still shows that Dropbox’s registered user base at the very least continues to grow. Dropbox’s edge is that it’s a dead-simple file-sharing service, but even something that might sound as boring as that is able to attract a huge audience. Dropbox also has more than 100,000 paying business customers, the company said.
[related_articles]Another vanity stat the company dropped was that users synchronize 1.2 billion files every day. But still, it’s a pretty large number that is technically difficult to manage — and having a technical edge has also been an advantage Dropbox has had over time.
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While previous Yakuza titles have steadily been making their way to PC, an unannounced Yakuza: Like a Dragon PC version has been prematurely leaked via a SteamDB listing.
While the RPG sequel to Yakuza 6: The Song of Life was originally released in Japan back in January for PlayStation 4, there hasn’t been any news on a Yakuza: Like a Dragon PC release or even a Western release of the console version.
Nevertheless, a Steam database listing for the Yakuza: Like a Dragon PC version has been spotted by Twitter user Wario64. While listed as “Unknown App 1234140”, the title has the keyart for the upcoming Yakuza game. Either it’s an official release or someone is being very naughty.
Yakuza Like a Dragon coming to Steam https://t.co/58DHcrl1bQ pic.twitter.com/cZAO8YAKjE
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As it stands, only three of the eight mainline Yakuza games are on PC – Yakuza 0, Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2. While it would be weird to release the newest mainline game before finishing the ports of Yakuza 3-6, a day-and-date release of Yakuza 7’s Western release would be a very exciting time for SEGA fans.
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PARIS — Groupe Clarins reported that its net profits for the first half of this year rose 13.3 percent to 34.8 million euros, or $42.5 million at current exchange rates, over 2004.
At constant exchange, profits would have spiked 23.9 percent.
Christian Courtin, company president and chief executive officer, told financial analysts during a meeting here Friday that a confluence of phenomena created an atypical first six months of 2005 for the beauty business in general. These included a stepped-up pace of retail partners' closures and consolidation — including A.S. Watson's acquisition of Marionnaud — and the subsequent steep drop in order taking, plus a patchwork of countries where markets remain economically tough.
Despite such a variable context, and due in part to well-received launches, Courtin called his company's profits increase "very satisfactory."
Its operating profits grew 2.7 percent to 47.7 million euros, or $58.3 million, in the half. As reported, Clarins' sales rose 6.3 percent to 460.6 million euros, or $559.5 million.
For the second half, the reformulated Extra Firming line has just been introduced, as has the Thierry Mugler scent Alien for women. The new advertising campaign for Clarins' signature brand will continue to be rolled out, and product launches will include Azzaro's Silver Black fragrance for men (called Onyx in North America), Shaping Facial Lift, Radiance Plus Self Tanning, True Comfort Foundation and a fall-winter makeup story, according to Olivier Courtin, the company's vice president of research and development.
The company expects to introduce a new skin care brand in the U.S. in September 2006.
To further back its beauty and perfume divisions, the company will increase advertising spending this year, which is expected to impact Clarins' operating margin negatively by about one point for 2005.
Christian Courtin reiterated that the company's performance is in line with guidance, and that Clarins is on track to hit its projected sales target of 1 billion euros, or $1.12 billion, this year. That would mean a 7 percent rise at constant exchange rates.
During the question and answer session, Courtin was asked whether Clarins might be purchased by L'Oréal. It's a query that resurfaces in the industry from time to time, and it bubbled up again last week following a report in a recent edition of the French weekly newspaper Le Journal des Finances.The piece states that according to sources, L'Oréal is studying the possibility of buying Clarins, YSL Beauté or Estée Lauder's Clinique, among other names. It also says that no proposals have been made to those companies so far.
Courtin said, "We have not been consulted by L'Oréal."
Clarins stock closed down 3.28 percent to a unit price of 56.10 euros, or $68.50, on the Paris Bourse Friday.
@fearofgod and @maxfieldla have teamed up on a pop-up installation. The store, located in the gallery space across from Maxfield’s Melrose Ave location, is the site of the brand’s House of God pop-up in which Fear of God founder @jerrylorenzo has created a church-inspired installation. A dozen vintage church pews sit in front of an LED screen playing 90s gospel singers in an effort to re-create an environment akin to a Southern Baptist Church, Lorenzo explained. Read more about the pop-up on WWD.com #wwdfashion (📷: Jennifer Johnson)
Known for his sleek, sophisticated American glamour, Norman Norell is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at @fitnyc. “Norell: Dean of American Fashion,” which runs from February 9 through April 14, will feature approximately 100 ensembles and accessories. His best work is exemplified by the designer’s glittering “mermaid” gowns frosted with thousands of hand-sewn sequins – like the one pictured. (📷: William Helburn) #wwdfashion
For pre-fall 2018, @balmain didn’t let go of the glitz. A crystal embroidered baseball jacket priced at around $40,000 hangs in the “couture” section of the brand’s first men’s pre-collection. Sporting the words “Balmain Army” across the back, the item took around two months to make. “When it was completed, it was like Christmas, it was like, ‘It’s done, it’s exactly what I wanted,’” said Balmain’s creative director @olivier_rousteing during a tour of the collection in a Paris showroom on Monday. #wwdfashion
Eighty degree temperatures and outdoor installations at the annual Art Basel Miami Beach called for bright, elevated beachwear. See more street style pictures on WWD.com. #theyarewearing #ABMB (📷: @lifeinreverie)
Following September’s emotional tribute to her brother Gianni, Donatella Versace wanted to bring the spring show’s deep sense of intimacy to her @versace_official pre-fall collection. Donatella found inspiration in Versace Palazzo in Milan and from Gianni’s opulent apartment. Archival patterns and new motifs were splashed on silk shirtdresses and fitted jersey frocks. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com. #wwdfashion
Demna Gvasalia continues to shake up the Paris fashion calendar — and experiment with new runway timetables for his @vetements_official brand. WWD has learned that Vetements plans to stage its next coed show for the fall 2018 season on January 19 during Men’s Fashion Week in the French capital. Details about the timing and venue have not been confirmed — stay tuned on WWD.com to catch the latest. #wwdnews (📷: @giovanni_giannoni_photo)
@zacposen's go-to holiday gift? Cookies! "I'll usually bake cookies and send them as a gift," said the designer, who recently released his cookbook "Cooking With Zac: Recipes from Rustic to Refined." Get the recipe for his Brown Butter-Chocolate Chip Cookies via link in bio 🍪🍪🍪 #wwdeye #cookingwithzac
For @monsemaison’s pre-fall 2018 collection, Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim honed in on the brand’s many signatures — men’s wear, which was tweaked and feminized through deconstruction, proportion play and lots of bare shoulders. See the rest of the photos on WWD.com #wwdfashion (📷: George Chinese)
On Friday night, @yohjiyamamotoofficial received the Design for Asia Lifetime Achievement Award in Hong Kong. The 75-year-old designer has been celebrated for many years and is best known for his dark and avant-garde tailoring. “In my long career, in design, architecture, [I’ve been to] so many parties, this is the very first time that I have such a warm feeling, I really appreciate this,” Yamamoto said. #wwdfashion (📷: @dominiquemaitre)


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Blake Mycoskie, CEO of TOMS Shoes, visited Biola in April to include students in a milestone company announcement. With the help of about 50 students who appeared on camera, Mycoskie filmed a video for TOMS’s website to promote their expansion to new products.
As of June 7, TOMS Shoes expanded their merchandise to include other products than just shoes in their one-for-one model, which involves giving away one pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair sold.
“I have recognized the power of the one-for-one model,” Mycoskie said during filming. “Today is our first step in doing just that.”
He did not disclose any other details of the expansion at the time, but he did ensure that one of the boxes containing the mystery product would be kept on Biola’s campus. To thank students for their support, everyone who participated in the video received a free pair of TOMS Shoes.


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- Lime-A-Rita, an Anheuser-Busch brand of canned margaritas, is expanding its "Meet the Ritas" campaign with a social media advice and gossip column for the modern era called #RitaSays, a news release announced. Along with the advice column, Lime-A-Rita created an integrated social media campaign with branded hashtags, videos and designated pages.
- Consumers 21 and older can ask The Ritas — "three legendary ladies" with a lot of life experience — questions about anything on the brand's Instagram, Facebook and or Twitter pages using the hashtag #RitaSays. The Ritas will give an honest answer resembling what they might get from their closest friends. Becca Tilley, a fan favorite from the reality show "The Bachelor," will get a first go at the column. Lime-A-Rita frequently shares posts on its social media channels about updates on the popular TV program.
- The Ritas were introduced earlier this month for Lime-A-Rita's "Have-A-Rita" campaign, created by Fallon New York, and are intended to represent the beverage's 'life's a party' vibe. The campaign has its own Twitter handle @TheRitas, and consumers can follow the conversation with the hashtag #HaveARita.
Advice columns are popular running features in magazines, newspapers and online, but expanding the concept to social media — and providing consumers a personalized response from brand characters — is a relatively novel and fun idea that might drive engagement for Lime-A-Rita. The beverage brand is positioning the Ritas as three women who have a lot of life experience and, therefore, solid advice to give, while still treating "every hour like happy hour," per the release.
Kicking the effort off with a popular contestant on "The Bachelor" is another smart move as the ABC program, now in its 22nd season, continues to be an audience favorite across age demographics, and drives a lot of interest from the social media conversations that happen after episodes air — a trend Lime-A-Rita is already capitalizing on with a particularly active Twitter page. The question-answer approach to #RitaSays might offer the level of personalization and one-to-one interaction that consumers are more frequently demanding.
People are highly responsive to VIP experiences offered by brands, according to a recent survey by InMoment, and more marketers are adopting this type of strategy. For its Valentine's Day campaign, the fast-food chain Wingstop offered lifestyle advice through a 1-844-WING-LUV hotline that provided callers with dating tips, a vocal warm-up routine and a rep to "talk saucy." Honda also recently launched a targeted social media campaign encouraging people to nominate their friends' achievements to receive personalized video trophies such as "biggest armchair quarterback."


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Apple released iOS 11.3.1 update with fix for third-party display repairs yesterday. The update brought fix to an issue reported after the release of iOS 11.3 where consumers complained the displays repaired by third-party dealers stopped working after installation of the update. While the release of iOS 11.3.1 fixes a known bug, it still fails to fix an older issue. Also Read - iPhone 13 first look: Colossal cameras, glossy finishAlso Read - Quick explained: EU’s standard charging port proposal for phones is bad news for iPhones
According to Forbes, the update does not bring fix to an older problem dubbed as audio skipping. The issue reportedly distorts and skips sound during music playback, podcasts and even while making phone and FaceTime calls. The iOS 11.3 users claim the problem is so grave that it makes some of these applications almost unusable. Most iPhone users have been found tweeting directly at @AppleSupport handle. Also Read - iPhone 13 series now up for sale in India: Check prices, offers and more
There are even claims that Apple is telling users iOS 11.3.1 update secretly fixes this problem. It is not clear whether the update indeed fixes these known issues but the changelog for iOS 11.3.1 does not include any official mention of this issue. Some iPhone users are also noting that a hard reset using iTunes does fix this issue but it is not a proven or proper fix. Apple is yet to comment whether it knows of this issue and when it issue a formal fix for the audio problem.
Apple is expected to unveil iOS 12, the next major update to iOS at WWDC in June. The reports suggest the new version of iOS won’t a lot of big ticket features and Apple is instead focusing on improving overall usability and stability of its mobile operating system. There are also reports that Apple is more focused on bringing major system level improvements and security enhancements this time as opposed to major consumer facing features.
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Axios had reported that Apple is planning to not release all major features at one go with the launch of iOS 12 at WWDC in June. It rather plans to release some elements of iOS 12 features as part of consequent updates. The move is aimed to water down some of the known issues with major release in the past. Despite issues and bug fixes, the adoption of iOS 11 has reached 76 percent, which is way better than the Android camp.


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PARIS — Luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton is poised to name Eric Marechalle chief executive officer of fashion house Kenzo, succeeding James Greenfield, according to market sources.
The announcement could come as early as this week, confirming speculation that LVMH chairman and ceo Bernard Arnault is seeking a new strategy for Kenzo after dropping plans to sell off the underperforming brand.
Officials at LVMH declined comment.
Marechalle was formerly head of children’s clothing brand Catimini, part of The Zannier Group, whose other children’s wear licenses include Kenzo Kids, Junior Gaultier and Little Marc Jacobs.
He was chosen to head Kenzo because of his strong commercial sense and is likely to spearhead a move to make the fashion brand more accessible, as opposed to LVMH’s high luxury brands such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton, according to sources.
It has not been decided whether Antonio Marras will remain as creative director of ready-to-wear at Kenzo. Marras was appointed to the post in 2003, and it is understood that his current contract runs until 2012.
From overseeing America’s fastest-growing speciality retailers to codifying cool, WWD talked to the women who are leading the way for the future of beauty. Check out our Instagram Stories to see how these women built today and are creating tomorrow. (📸: @hannah_khymych) #wwdbeauty
For @laperlalingerie's spring 2018 show, the brand chose to host their event at @thevenetianmacao. With Chinese megastars @bingbing_fan and @hubing in attendance, La Perla debuted a rock ‘n’ roll-inspired collection. The show marked the start of Sands Macao Fashion Week, which runs from October 19 to 24 — the city’s first such event. Pictured here are models backstage with glimmering eyes. #wwdfashion (📷: Cheuk-Yin To)
Trending for spring 2018: top stitch design. Gone are the days of stitch just for seams — designers are using the once-minimal detail to create strong decorative elements. (📷: Paola Testa; Styled by @andrew_shang) #wwdfashion
@tradesy is turning the concept of a showroom upside down with its new space in Santa Monica. Here, the company plans to hold events, art exhibits and a showcase rare fashion pieces like this Louis Vuitton boxing set. Get all the details on Tradesy’s first showroom on WWD.com. #wwdnews
Spotted last night at the @erdem x @hm launch event: Kate Bosworth, Rashida Jones, Kirsten Dunst and Selma Blair. The party, which took place in LA, also marked the opening of their pop-up shop. “I was interested in creating a collection that wasn’t in any way disposable. It was about pieces you’d create and keep forever, things that have a permanence to it,” designer Erdem Moralioglu said. #wwdeye (📷: Katie Jones)
Renee Zellweger in yellow in 2001 and again in 2017. Chosen as one of the 12 @pantone Leading Spring Colors (and dubbed “Meadowlark”), it only makes sense that the bright hue stands the test of time and is making a resurgence this season, seen already on stars like @blakelively and @gigihadid. (📷: Donato Sardello & @rexfeatures) #wwdfashion #tbt
Dior’s 70th anniversary celebration continues with a new exhibition at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. “Christian Dior,” which is scheduled to run through March 18, takes a look at the founders tenure from 1947 to 1057 and feature 40 designs. Pictured here is an evening gown from the Ailée, fall 1948-49 haute couture collection. #wwdfashion (📷: Brian Boyle)


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The heavyweight ninjutsu fighter Earthquake debuted in the very first Samurai Shodown and he’s back for more action in the upcoming fighter. Watch him swing his giant kusarigama in a new trailer.
You can check out the following for previous Samurai Shodown character introduction trailers: Nakoruru, Darli Dagger, Ukyo Tachibana, Shiki, Charlotte, Haohmaru, Genjuro, Tam Tam, Rimururu, Galford (with Poppy), Jubei Yagyu, and Hanzo Hattori.
Samurai Shodown will be released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Japan on June 27, 2019 and in Q4 2019 for the Switch and PC. The game releases in North America and Europe on June 25, 2019 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. A new demo releases in Japan on June 21, 2019.


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The EWS has today released its largest-ever calendar for 2022 with 11 EWS rounds, five EWS-E rounds and the return of the Trophy of Nations. The series is broken up into four distinct blocks. The How to get tickets for concerts from country’s Seven Peaks Festival, King Crimson, Lindsey Buckingham and other new Denver shows this week The Enduro World Series has plans to make 2022 the biggest season of Enduro racing to date with a stacked calendar of races.
Apple ( NASDAQ:AAPL) is readying major new additions to its iPad tablet lineup, according to a report published by Bloomberg on Friday. The publication’s sources suggest that a new installment in the From theatrical ballgowns to mix-and-match separates you’ll want to wear again to reimagined vintage treasures.
We already told you about all the EVs you can buy in 2021, plus the electric SUVs available, and now it’s time to run down all the electric car companies who make them. Who’s making what, right now North Carolina could increase spending by more than 3% over each of the next two fiscal years, Republican legislative leaders announced Tuesday.
Mini Calendar 2022 : Scope out our list of 10 things for kids to do in Adelaide before turning 10. Tick them off with our downloadable checklist. To be clear, no deal for either player is imminent. But if one was, NFL teams will soon be allowed to spit the cap hits. No, we’re not expecting to see the iPhone 13 unveiled at WWDC. But the iOS 15 buzz has implications for rumored iPhone 13 features.


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Well this is what happened to Mr. Hakan Nordkvist while living in Sweden. His story goes as follows. The government said 64 died. It was 70 times that, study showsA Harvard study released Tuesday found evidence that Hurricane Maria killed more than 4,600 people as it devastated Puerto Rico last year, a figure far beyond the official estimate of 64. Has taken more lives than the study estimates Maria did: the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 that killed more than 6,000 people.
Trade Representative Ron Kirk defended the unprecedented secrecy of TPP negotiations by noting that when the draft of a major regional trade pact was released previously, it became impossible to finish the deal as then proposed. Trade official effectively has said that the administration must keep TPP secret because otherwise it won’t be able to shove this deal past the public and Congress,” said Wallach. “The airing of this one TPP chapter, which greatly favors foreign corporations over domestic businesses and the public interest and exposes us to significant financial liabilities, shows that the whole draft text must be released immediately so it can be reviewed and debated.
Mr. Kramer had been global managing director at MDC’s CP He was previously at Wieden Kennedy for seven years, where he was global account director for Nike and later became global account director on the Coca Cola Co. Account, managing work for Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero and Powerade.
So composed were the militants that they methodically checked their victims for any sign of life after the initial round of blazing gunfire. Those still moving or breathing received a bullet to the head or the chest, the witnesses said. When the ambulances arrived they shot at them, repelling them as they got back into their vehicles and fled..
I am 5 feet 3 and 120 pounds, but it not like I can cut out unhealthy food in my diet. Eating less is difficult because I do not want to go into starvation mode. Quick advice please?. While in fat loss diets you lose a pound for every two to three pounds of fat. You then start to become slightly lean, but not so muscular. Chubby, bloated, and rounded is a good way of describing it..
Look for some unconventional marketing methods your competitors are overlooking. You may discover some highly profitable ways to generate sales and avoid competition. For example, print your best small ad on a postcard and mail it to prospects in your targeted market.
Et Cassonade ont leur page Facebook, avec des photos de leur quotidien. Ils existent pour vrai, c’est qui fascine les gens! Cependant, la maison, ils ne sont pas assis c de moi me regarder explique, en riant, Caroline Munger. Pendant pr de dix ans, elle a trimball deux peluches avec elle en voyage, simplement parce qu’elle trouvait ennuyant de photographier tout ce qu’elle voyait sans.


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BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Mayans, 2012 is the end of the world. Thankfully, we have not seen doomsday yet. Instead, all kinds of changes seem to indicate that 2012 will be remembered for an evolution of humanity's history – the tide of "information-ization" represented by cloud computing is affecting our lives and the development of our whole society in an unprecedented way. New technologies such as cloud computing, big data, mobile Internet and wireless networks are coming together, breeding great changes in economic models, business models, lifestyle and the way humans learn and think.
From Silicon Valley to Beijing, this year's changes in the cloud-computing IT model are penetrating into numerous economic and social fields. From concept to application, from attempt to practice, the cloud has been brought down to earth. What we need to do now is to meet the brand-new future with a more open mindset and an infinite imagination. "Hello, Cloud!" is the theme of Cloud Valley World 2012 ("CVW 2012"), which is also our common call for the blending and interaction between rational thinkers and shackle-breaking doers. CVW 2012, co-sponsored by Cloud Valley and Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area ("BDA"), will be held at Pullman Beijing South Hotel on December 12, 2012. "Cloud ideas", "cloud products", "cloud capital", and "cloud talents" will get together, and the "explosion point" for China's cloud computing will be born here.
I. Bring Together A "Cloud Atlas" of Industry Chain Ideas
CVW 2012 is hosted by the China-cloud Network in cooperation with world-famous scientific and technological blogs GigaOM, Quantified Self, Apache and Itech Club. There are about 20 forums covering topics like cloud infrastructure, cloud life, cloud schema, cloud security, cloud in operators, radio and TV, enterprise platforms and all practical links of medical services, education, and energy industries. Derrick Harris, a Giga OM analyst and well-know technology journalist; Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, professor of Oxford University and authority spokesman of big data; Raymie Stata, former CTO of Yahoo! and founder & CEO of VertiCloud; Amy Gu, general manager of the greater China area of Evernote, and Dr. Zheng Liu, president of Asia Engineering Institute of Microsoft Asia-pacific Research Group will weave the "cloud valley world" together. Edward Tian, Chairman of China Broadband Capital; Steve Chang, founder of Trend Micro; Wenjing Wang, Chairman & CEO of Yonyou Software; Xiaoyu Tong, president of Unicom Institute of Unicom Group; Zhengqing Zhang, CEO of Asia-Linkage Inc.; Hongtao Bie, VP of Tencent TEG (Technology Engineering Business Group); Shiding Lin, Baidu cloud computing chief architect; Dr. Hongyu Yao, CEO of Yoyo Systems, and Yaruan Wang, 360buy CTO, will play a leading role in this two-city CVW to share their ideas on CVW 2012 as well as the changes and opportunities we get from cloud computing and big data, from the perspectives of technology, business and social progress, and present a grand feast of ideas for attendees.
II. "A Tale of Two Cities": Bringing Together Silicon Valley and Beijing
In the course of development from "'Made in China' to 'Created in China,'" cloud computing is driving a revolution in Beijing and Silicon Valley, just like how London and Paris were inevitably connected during the first Industrial Revolution through the era of innovation. According to data from the Beijing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information, the economic impact of the software industry may hit RMB400 billion in 2012, surpassing the software value of Ireland, and world-famous software city Bangalore. Employment in the software and information service industries of Beijing has already hit about 500,000 in the first half of 2012, which is more than that of Silicon Valley. Beijing Cloud Computing CEO Summit 2012 was held in Silicon Valley in June 2012. Beijing and Silicon Valley jointly built up "two cities in a cloud computing era" by bilateral dialogues, bilateral cooperation and exchange. The Cloud Valley World will be a continuation of the idea sharing, innovation assistance and capital cooperation of "A Tale of Two Cities" in order to jointly create a new information industry with complementary advantages and a circulation of ideas.
III. Bringing Together Manufactures, Customers, Upstream and Downstream
CVW 2012 will also create a platform for enterprise interactions as well as enterprise and customer interactions. Furthermore, the whole industrial chain layout and innovative products will be realized through live shows, product launches from cloud infrastructures, operating systems, open source platforms to a Cloud Valley at cloud terminals. Moreover, interactions of industry chain and real-time exchanges will be achieved through participation and sharing of application customers, partners and suppliers. Live shows and interactions will be provided for products and services including the next-generation data center created by Cloud Valley, the cloud base, super high performance cloud servers, the SkyForm cloud platform of Skycloud Technology, the big data platform of Beagle Data, cloud call centers, cloud desktops, cloud training, financial cloud, cloud information, and more.
IV. Bringing Together Funds, Governments and Entrepreneurs
In line with China's economic transformation and innovation-driven strategy, China Broadband Capital launched several industrial funds to finance the whole cloud industry chain. At CVW 2012, investment innovation funds for cloud computing and big data will also be released. Bridges for investors and entrepreneurs will be created by "cloud creation startups" sessions so that entrepreneurs in the cloud computing industry can meet and exchange information face-to-face with investors from famous institutions such as CBC, Sequoia Capital, Happy Fund (UFIDA), Sea Silver Capital and Cloud Angel Fund. "20 Big Products of Xiangyun Project" will be held on the site of the conference, and big data products and solutions will be displayed in the demonstration zone for enterprises and governments. The Economic and Information Commission of Beijing will conduct a detailed interpretation on policies on Beijing's cloud computing industry and release "cloud computing seminar", "white paper of Xiangyun Project", as well as new initiatives and industrial layout highlights.
V. Bringing Together Fresh Innovation and Cross-border Forces
There will be seminars such as "The Interaction of 'Two Cities' of Beijing and Silicon Valley", panel discussions on big data, quantified self, social network, and open source platform, etc., site show and sign sales of Big Data-related books, especially "Cloud Evening Discussion" and "Geek Sharing" Sessions, mysterious guests, cross-border representatives and a Geek elite party will be held so as to share and surge mental power, cloud trend of thoughts, cloud of future, new of economic forms, commercial mode and lifestyle. Thus, it is ensured that venture cloud or applied cloud industry attendees alike can enjoy a banquet of thoughts no matter which industry chain they are in.
As Edward Tian, president of CBC said, cloud is the opportunity to move from "made in China to created in China." For the future of cloud computing, "the greatest enemy is our imagination." Two years ago, cloud computing was a still-emerging technology trend in the field of IT , but now because of an outbreak of rapid changes in technology and business models, "cloud" has made its inroads into our lives. 2013 will be a year of cloud "explosion", and all aspects of cloud computing will gradually be accepted by customers. Therefore, we expect that the CVW 2012 will serve as a catalyst for cloud computing to provide a stage for thinkers, drive practitioners to go faster, motivate innovators, and trigger the cloud "explosion" to benefit the world.
SOURCE China-cloud Network
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Canon is hoping 2014 will be the year they come out of the funk and go back to its roots. Their stock price has dropped over 5% this year, adding to last year's lackluster result even as the benchmark Nikki average rallied over 50% last year, due mostly to the weak Yen. Today, Canon announced a multi-billion Yen stock buyback program.
With their recently introduced PowerShot G1 X II camera, Canon released a detailed design brochure and appeared to have ruled out any retro-styled cameras. It emphasized features and functionalities, and will not follow the recent 'trend' of retro design movement from other camera manufacturers.
The brochure is revealing and full of interesting information. It revealed Canon went to great length and experimented with many prototypes before coming out with the final design of the PowerShot G1X II. The new camera has twice the focusing speed and a minimum focusing distance of only 5cm, compared to 20cm on the previous model.
Below is an excerpt from the brochure :
"Currently there is a trend towards designing premium compact cameras like classic cameras. However, Canon has kept its distance from this trend. As a result, the design is not pretentious, and it also does not look like a so-called compact camera, and achieves a great balance between traditional and new."
I have been a Travel and Wildlife photographer using Canon equipment for 25 years. Over the decades, I have been a keen observer of the company and made some comments and suggestions on this venerable company last year. You can see my works on MichaelDanielHo.com


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Option Trade - Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLAY) Puts
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“Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: PLAY), an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas, will report earnings after the market closes.
The consensus earnings estimate is $0.61 per share on revenue of $304.59 million. The Earnings Whisper number is for $0.64 per share. Consensus estimates are for earnings to decline year-over-year by 3.17% with revenue increasing by 12.74%.
Dave & Buster's stock has trailed the market since the entertainment chain revealed weakening traffic trends in early January. Rather than speeding up during the seasonally strong holiday weeks, comparable-store sales worsened from the third-quarter's 1.3% decline, to fall by 5% early in the fourth quarter. As a result, CEO Steve King and his management team now believe comps will be slightly negative for the full 2017 year. Dave & Buster's also lowered its profit forecast to between $108 million and $110 million compared to $91 million in 2016.
Short interest has increased by 23.7% since the company's last earnings release. Also, overall earnings estimates have been revised lower.”
Analysts see revenue climbing 13% to $305.5 million. A restaurant coming through with double-digit revenue growth would normally seem impressive, but Dave & Buster's growth is coming from expansion lately. The chain's fiscal fourth-quarter results will likely clinch this as the third fiscal year in a row of decelerating top-line growth.
The news only gets worse on the bottom line; where analysts see Dave & Buster's earning $0.60 a share, just shy of the $0.63 a share profit it managed a year earlier. It's not really a surprise to see the stock hit a new 52-week low last week, and Wall Street pros that have chimed in lately aren't feeling very optimistic.
High costs associated with restaurant operations might have dented fourth-quarter earnings.
Also, in a press release on Jan 8, 2018, the company revealed that it had a slower-than-expected start to the fourth quarter. Generally, restaurant sales witness an uplift in the month of December, but Dave & Buster's trends in the month softened. This has led to management lowering the fiscal 2017 outlook.
shares of the company have lost 31.1% over the last year, substantially under-performing 9.9% growth of the industry it belongs to.
The chain rocked the market late last year when it posted negative comps in its fiscal third quarter , something that Dave & Buster's hadn't done in its return as a public company. Things only got worse a month later when it hosed down the guidance it had put out for the fiscal fourth quarter that it will be reporting on this week. Dave & Buster's warned that comps had declined 5.1% in the quarter-to-date, forcing it to lower the midpoint of its revenue growth guidance from 17.2% to 12.9%. Earnings would also naturally take a hit.
Analysts have been souring on the chain's near-term fundamentals. Stephen Anderson at Maxim slashed his price target from $83 to $74 last week, pointing out that revenue volatility and the need to beef up marketing expenses to boost sales after what will be back-to-back quarters of negative comps will sting results. He also lowered his profit forecast for the quarter. He's still sticking to his buy rating, and his lower price target still implies 77% of upside from current levels. However, it's still a bad sign when analysts pare back their expectations just days ahead of a critical financial report.
Like most other restaurant operators, Dave & Buster's has been bearing the brunt of increased labor costs from Obamacare. Further, the company's non-franchised model makes it susceptible to increased expenses. Since all the restaurants are owned and operated by Dave & Buster's, instead of signing franchise agreements and putting the burden of costs on the franchisee, the company is solely responsible for the expenses of operating the business.
Moreover, pre-opening costs of outlets, given the company's unit expansion plans and expenses related to sales initiatives are adding to the costs, and likely to hurt profits. Total operating costs in the first nine months of fiscal 2017 increased 13.1% and are expected to further rise in the to-be-reported quarter. This in turn is likely to affect margins and earnings.
Analysts and Hedge Funds Opinions
Wells Fargo decreased their price objective on shares of Dave & Buster’s from $60.00 to $56.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, March 28th.
Also, several other equities analysts have recently commented on the company…..
Institutional investors that have recently made a change to their positions in the stock….
First Trust Advisors LP lowered its holdings in shares of Dave & Buster’s by 12.6% during the 4th quarter. The fund owned 18,182 shares of the restaurant operator’s stock after selling 2,613 shares during the period.Insider news……
VP J Michael Plunkett sold 2,000 shares of
the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 7th. The shares
were sold at an average price of $46.60, for a total transaction of $93,200.00.
Harvey’s Options Volatility Indicator
Dave & Buster’s has a twelve month low of $39.24 and a twelve month high of $73.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $1,698.58, a PE ratio of 16.70, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a current ratio of 0.38, a quick ratio of 0.26 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.


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We’ve spotted a successor of Lincoln’s compact MKC crossover earlier. The camouflaged prototype didn’t show much earlier thanks to heavy wraps, but we’ve somehow managed to figure out what’s cooking beneath the camo. Today, however, some reports claimed that Ford’s luxury department came up with a name for the SUV. According to them, the vehicle that we know as the MKC will be called the 2020 Lincoln Corsair.
Even though Lincoln’s naming strategy has changed several times over the last few years, the name Corsair doesn’t fit anywhere. The carmaker offers the flagship Navigator and will offer all-new Aviator and Nautilus in the coming months. While we see some sense in the naming strategy for these three models, we can’t figure out what’s with the Corsair. Though, since they have the SUV named by the famous submarine, why would not they have the SUV that’s named by a pirate ship?
In any case, the 2020 Lincoln Corsair will arrive in the second half of 2019. The carmaker will open some new chapters with the arrival of the luxury compact crossover thanks to an all-electric powertrain. We do not have anything official regarding the EV at the moment, yet we know it’s going to share it with the next-gen Ford Escape. Plus, there will be at least two gasoline units on the table. The base model will probably get a 179-hp unit, while the topper should deliver up to 250 ponies form a turbo-four unit. Lincoln will not skip the chance to offer a plug-in hybrid unit as well that will reportedly deliver an electric driving range of around 30 miles.
It’s still hard to say what’s going on beneath the camouflage. However, according to the latest rumors, both the 2020 Corsair and the less expensive sibling from Ford department will share the same new platform. The redesigned SUV should grow slightly and will get a more aggressive design. It will likely pick up some styling cues from the all-new Aviator, so you can expect to see the carmaker’s inspiring grille, as well as pretty stylish lights at both ends.


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Think back. Waaay back â€” to 11:19 a.m.
In that article, we chronicled Fiat Chrysler’s deft handling (and perhaps, planning) of a historical Super Bowl Ram commercial that sparked a fierce social media backlash, all thanks to the spot’s use of dialogue from Martin Luther King, Jr.
We told you, all that time ago, and with all the certainty of someone knowing the sun will rise again, that the next automaker might not find itself so unscatched by a marketing blunder (if indeed you view the Ram ad as a blunder). Well, that time has come. Mercedes-Benz just offended a whole country.
The country in question is every automaker’s retirement plan: China. With its rising middle class growing ever-fonder of private vehicle ownership, China is fertile ground for automakersÂ â€” especially premium, status-signalling brands.
According to Reuters, Mercedes-Benz decided to start the week with an inspirational (aspirational, really) “Monday Motivation” post on Instagram featuring a photo of a white C-Series coupe sitting on a windswept beach. And what better way to appear deep than pasting a quote from a spiritual leader?
“Look at the situations from all angles, and you will become more open.”
Wise words, indeed. And how about that Benz? Boy howdy…
Unfortunately for the German automaker, the quote originated from the Dalai Lama â€” spiritual leader of the Tibetan people, lover of robes, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and noted bad joke recipient. He also led a rebellion against China in 1959, seeking independence for his Tibetan homeland. The rebellion’s failure led to his exile by the Chinese government, which still rules the disputed territory.
To make a long story short, to many Chinese, the Dalai Lama is not the inspiration figure celebrated in Western circles. After seeing the post, Bloomberg reports, China’s Communist Party-runÂ Global TimesÂ newspaper slammed the automaker.
Quick, to the damage control boat!
“We will promptly take steps to deepen our understanding of Chinese culture and values, our international staff included, to help standardize our actions to ensure this sort of issue doesn’t happen again,” the automaker said in a statement, not long after deleting the offending post.
On its official Chinese Weibo social media account, Mercedes-Benz wrote, “We fully understand this incident has hurt the feelings of Chinese people, including Mercedes-Benzâ€™s employees in China,” adding that the post contained â€œextremely mistaken information.â€�
Sure, China can be criticized for a good number of issues, including the ruling party’s shocking history of human rights abuses, but this is business. When wooing the world’s hottest emerging car market, your grovelling game had better be as good as your marketing game.
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Marseille Fos and Miami twin for cruise and container growth
Fifteen years after they first twinned, the Marseille Fos and Miami port authorities have renewed the link in a move to support further development of their mutual cruise and container interests.
The latest agreement was signed in Marseille by the port’s CEO Christine Cabau Woehrel and Miami port director Juan Kuryla. The original twinning in 2000 with Miami – which handled 4.8 million cruise passengers last year – was key to establishing the cruise offering at Marseille, which is forecasting 1.5 million cruise visitors this year and is already among the top five Mediterranean cruise ports. The two ports now intend to study how their complementary seasons can boost growth in their respective markets.
They also aim to exploit their similarities in the container sector. Both ports are leading regional hubs – Marseille for the Mediterranean and Miami for the Caribbean – and each has annual throughput of around one million teu, with Marseille handling 1.17m teu in 2014 and the US port on 0.877m teu. The potential for more container trades between the ports was reinforced late last year when Miami joined Fos in the rotation for the India/Middle East/US East Coast Amerigo Express service operated by CMA CGM, Hanjin and UASC.
Other objectives of the new twinning agreement include sharing best practices on port security and on urban-port projects such as Les Terrasses du Port in Marseille. This development, financed by a public/private partnership of the port and retail property firm Hammerson, combines commercial premises with leisure attractions and is said to have caught the interest of the Miami port and city authorities.
Medlink award marks modal shift to inland waterways
Best practice certification for container shippers on the Rhone-Saone river network in France has been awarded to a 15th regular user by the Medlink Ports Development Agency, the modal shift promotional body formed last year by the Marseille Fos and Sete port authorities, nine river ports, inland waterways authority Voies Navigables de France and the Compagnie Nationale du Rhone.
The award to DIY equipment specialist Leroy Merlin comes five years after the company adopted the waterways mode to ship between Valence and Fos. Its traffic has doubled over the past four years from 1, 500 teu to 3, 200 teu in 2014. The growth has enabled operator Logirhone to schedule two calls per week at Valence and has also prompted other shippers from the region to use the service.
Leroy Merlin joins companies such as Bayer, Michelin and Renault in winning Medlink accreditation, which comes with benefits including several additional days of free park standing for full containers at various inland ports.
The announcement took place during a shippers’ workshop in Valence organised by Medlink and the local chamber of commerce. Customs officials and representatives from IT company MGI explained new initiatives including streamlined procedures and VAT incentives, while Logirhone and a second operator, Greenmodal, outlined the transport options.
Last year Rhone-Saone container traffic rose 22% on 2013 to 96, 000 teu, marking a threefold increase since 2008. Meanwhile the Medlink partnership is also targeting growth in bulk and conventional trades.
Marseille set for cold ironing
In what is claimed as a first for France and the Mediterranean, shoreside electrical power for ships at berth – ‘cold ironing’ – is to be launched by the Marseille Fos port authority in conjunction with Corsica and Sardinia ferry operator La Meridionale.
The facility will be available from this October following six months of work to install the quayside power network and adapt the company’s vessels – Kalliste, Girolata and Piana – so that their diesel generators are no longer required during port calls.
Switching to environmentally-friendly shoreside electricity will reduce noise, fuel consumption and air emissions. For each ship, the change will eliminate CO2 and particle emissions equivalent to more than 3, 000 vehicles per day on the 64km route from Marseille to Aix, while NOx emissions will fall by the equivalent of 65, 000 vehicles per day.
The €4.4 million initiative follows several years of studies and was part-financed by national and regional government aid.
Cruiseship repair plan hit by Marseille drydock delay
The Marseille Fos port authority has announced a six-month delay to the scheduled re-opening this autumn of its giant Drydock 10 shiprepair facility, which is undergoing a €28 million renovation after being closed since 2000.
The delay follows a concrete pile-driving mishap in March when a small section of wall at the base of the dock gate was dislodged and revealed deep cracking. Main contractor Spie batignolles TPCI suspended operations to lead an exhaustive study of the concrete and steel reinforcement that was completed in May. The company has now defined remedial measures and adjusted the project completion date to next March.
At 465 metres long and 85m wide, the drydock is the world’s third biggest. It will cater for the latest generation container carriers, LNG tankers, bulk vessels and offshore rigs, but is being marketed principally as a mega cruiseship repair base offering minimum deviation. Marseille is the leading French cruise port – handling 493 calls and 1.3 million passengers last year – and 65% of the world’s largest cruise vessels operate in the Mediterranean.
The 25-year drydock operating franchise was won by a group including Italy’s San Giorgio del Porto, their subsidiary Chantier Naval de Marseille (CNM) – which currently runs two smaller drydocks at the port – and cruiseship builder Mariotti.
Shipowners who were in line to use Drydock 10 from September have been advised of the delay and helped with alternative arrangements by CNM and the port authority, who are now working to confirm bookings from next spring.
Press enquiries: Paul Ellis, Direct Public Relations, UK +44 (0)1923 260960


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We are excited to confirm that AmaZix has entered into partnership with Eligma Labs, taking one of Europe’s premier blockchain solution developers on as technology partner. The partnership is expected to further expand our capabilities in service of next-generation business in the blockchain tech sector.
Solutions for tomorrow, in use today
Eligma Labs specializes not only in developing bespoke enterprise DLT solutions, but have proven experience of rolling out implementation. Whether it is to upgrade existing infrastructure with blockchain augmentations, or to build from scratch, Eligma Labs helps clients to conceptualize, conduct feasibility testing, and arrive at highly-customized, highly-personalized specifications.
They have a track record to back this expertise up as well, with their past solutions which aren’t just the future of commerce, but actual working products being used every day by regular people. Most visibly through Elipay, the company has helped foster crypto adoption from “Bitcoin City” in Slovenia, where crypto spending is just as common, and just as easy, as debit/credit card payments.
“In an industry that at times is obscured by hyperbole and speculation, Eligma stands out as a true pioneer in the emergent technology sector. Their Elipay payment solutions, along with the Elly shopping assistant, are incredible advertisements for blockchain and crypto utility. With the proliferation of smart contract use, Eligma Labs expertise in custom smart contract development and auditing will be an added edge for clients keen to code, test and deploy smart contracts in their enterprise,” said Jonas Karlberg, AmaZix CEO.
‘’In just a short decade, the world has transformed from a digital into a crypto and blockchain one, and AmaZix has been one of the key agents of that change. They have successfully helped over 120 blockchain projects so far, and Eligma will be exclusively forwarding all clients to AmaZix who are in need of marketing and PR, legal, advisory or corporate finance services. The fact that Eligma has become the exclusive technology partner of AmaZix is proof that our innovation and hard work is ready for the central challenges in the global tech arena,” said Dejan Roljic, Eligma CEO.
About Eligma Labs
Eligma Labs is a result of the partnership between Eligma and Spartan Solutions. IT develops blockchain tech for Eligma’s in-house needs and also offers development to other companies. Dedicated to blockchain and tech development, Eligma also promotes industry awareness raising. In alliance with this goal, it is the founding member of Cryptonite Ventures, a partner of AmaZix, Bitcoin.com and a member of Blockchain Alliance Europe.
Curious about what AmaZix can do for you?
AmaZix is the leading provider of blockchain-related advisory and consulting across the globe, driving transformative change to the business paradigm through tokenization, blockchain technology and crowdfunding. We deliver a comprehensive suite of high-value professional services, focusing on innovative services, while continuing to build a team of top-tier talent.


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March 16th, 2013
Do you want to keep drones out of your backyard?
An Oregon company says that it has developed and will soon start selling technology that disables unmanned aircraft.
The company, called Domestic Drone Countermeasures, was founded in late February because some of its engineers see unmanned aerial vehicles—which are already being flown by law enforcement in some areas and could see wider commercial integration into American airspace by 2015—as unwanted eyes in the sky.
“I was personally concerned and I think there’s a lot of other people worried about this,” says Timothy Faucett, a lead engineer on the project. “We’ve already had many inquiries, a lot of people saying ‘Hey, I don’t want these drones looking at me.’”
Domestic Drones Countermeasures was formed as a spin-off company from Aplus Mobile, which sells rugged computer processors to defense contractors—though the company won’t discuss its specific technology because it is still applying for several patents. Faucett says that work has helped inform its anti-drone technology.
The company will sell land-based boxes that are “non-offensive, non-combative and not destructive.” According to the company, “drones will not fall from the sky, but they will be unable to complete their missions.”
Though Faucett wouldn’t discuss specifics, he says the boxes do not interfere with a drone’s navigation system and that it doesn’t involve “jamming of any kind.” He says their technology is “an adaptation of something that could be used for military application” with the “combat element replaced with a nondestructive element.”
Sunday Morning Drone Pilots
- Anti-drone devices for sale: military-contractor claims to have counter-UAV technology (rt.com)
- Oregon Company to Sell Drone Defense Technology to Public (rvnewstoday.com)


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We live in a time of extremes.
As the number of billionaires has surged, the number of those in poverty in America has also surged. Nearly one quarter of American children live in poverty, with a specific spike in homeless students. The disparity indicates a dwindling middle class. Or a large sector of America just trying to get by.
A tremendous amount of stories and data have recently revealed what some economists had feared -- that the Great Recession would have deep, lasting impact. That recovery would be slow. And in that sluggish recovery, it’s the middle class that would be pinched most.
Some good news comes from the new business sector, as there are several startups in Los Angeles, examining these trends, and trying -- in various ways -- to have an economic impact on people’s lives.
Savings.com, created in 2007, in L.A., was the vision of co-founder and CEO Loren Bendele. The site offers personalized coupon data (users can plug in the stores they like, and the site will deliver relevant coupons and deals). Shoppers can access thousands of offers from national retail brands -- all in one place.
Currently, five million shoppers go to the site each month.
“I was convinced the Internet hadn’t reached its full potential to save people money,” said Bendele about starting his company.
“Retailers are competing for shoppers’ dollars and there are a lot of great deals out there, but there was not a single destination where you could go to easily find them online.”
After the recession, Bendele said his site became even more relevant to people’s lives.
“The collapse forever altered consumers’ financial habits. They used to shop on the Web for convenience. After the collapse, it became a tool that empowered people to make their dollar stretch as far as possible.”
In the mobile space, Favado was launched just this month. It’s an app that helps consumers to save on their grocery bills, offering real-time coupon data from over 65,000 grocery and drugstores nationwide.
Favado was launched by Savings.com to specifically help consumers save on their monthly food bills, as cutting back on food expenses is often the first thing cut from monthly budgets.
Aiding with food expenses, has become a target for many new ventures.
Recently, startup production studio Filmanthropos worked with a nonprofit called Swipes to create a video showing how college students can donate their left over dining hall dollars or points to the hungry or homeless.
See below for the short video, explaining how Swipes works:


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A lot of media spotlight has been given to JD.ID X-Mart, the first overseas unmanned store by the Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com in Indonesia. But there is a little known unmanned convenience store in Jakarta with the name Rama that has gone unnoticed by most people.
This unmanned convenience store is located within the same compound as Ranch 99 high-end supermarket in West Jakarta on Jalan Pesanggrahan Raya in Kembangan.
Accessed into the store can be done using the Papaya app. However, the name Papaya is generic, which makes it hard to find the app online resulting in some consumers abandoning their quest to explore what’s inside.
Rama sells mainly food and drinks and looks like a typical unamanned store in other countries. The exterior has a container feel to it.
The unmanned retail store concept, popularised in China and now spreading elsewhere, is up against many challenges including the lack of a DIY culture. Sometimes, self-automated check out counter is all that is needed to provide speed and convenience to shoppers. At this stage, unmanned retail store is there just to gauge consumer response with no massive roll out at the moment.


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New Scientist article New scientists have shown that hype house merchandise can be used as a valuable commodity in a way that other forms of consumer goods have not.
The results, presented at the annual conference of the European Society for Materials Science and Engineering, suggest that hype houses could become the “next great material for marketing”.
The findings are published today in the journal Science Advances.
The team used an automated process to create hype house products based on a series of data sets gathered from a variety of websites.
The result is a catalogue of high quality hype house items that is accessible to consumers, at a lower cost.
The process is similar to a music label’s production and distribution, but the researchers say it makes it easier to collect and use hype house information for marketing purposes.
The scientists used the information to create a new type of marketing tool called hype house merch, which allows consumers to buy products in the hope of selling more.
The researchers say the tool is useful in marketing to new users, but also for those who have already bought a product.
The technology has applications in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and food.
The product is made using an “automatic assembly process” and can be delivered via courier, a courier delivery service, or other methods, the researchers said.
The project was carried out using a variety and types of data from multiple websites and the researchers were able to use that data to make the hype house inventory.
They found that hype home merch can be made using a range of methods, including automated assembly processes, packaging techniques, and even physical packaging of the product.
In the process, they could create product from a range the size of a bottle of perfume and still sell the same product at a higher price.
For example, when a customer wants to buy a product in the UK, for example, the hype home inventory would include a range including a range from a bottle to a box of perfume.
The idea is that people can get their money’s worth out of buying a product without paying extra for packaging, and that the product can be more readily sold to the general public.
This can be done through the sale of a large quantity of hype house and the potential for increased sales of the hype.
The hype house product also allows the team to make a profit from their product, with the potential to make more than they pay for, they said.
“This can be a new and potentially lucrative business model, particularly for companies with a small staff, or companies that don’t want to take on a large workforce,” the researchers explained.
The research also looked at how consumers use hype houses and found that it can be particularly effective in online campaigns.
For instance, when people were asked to put their favourite song in the top 20 in terms of the most popular hype house songs, they tended to choose the more popular songs that contained the most buzzwords.
The same was true when they were asked if they would recommend a product or service related to a specific product or brand.
The study found that consumers who chose to use hype home as a marketing tool tended to spend more money on a product, and they also tended to recommend it to more people.
The authors believe that the hype houses will become the next great material in the market, as consumers look to use it as a way to increase their buying power and create a sense of belonging.
This is a great time for marketers, because we are in a very exciting time for hype house, said the team from the Department of Energy and Climate Change at the University of Oxford.
They say the hype is already being used to sell the products, as companies are trying to use the buzz to drive a brand loyalty drive.
The paper has been published in the scientific journal Science.
The full paper can be read here.
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How Amazon towers would change Seattle
Amazon wants to build three office towers in the heart of Seattle, in a massive land-use deal that would take over about five acres, add 3 million square feet of office space, and change the city's skyline.
But what would it look like?
The public gets a better glimpse of the Denny Triangle project this week. The three-block proposal calls for asking the city to give up public rights to three alleys, a request Amazon will present to the Seattle City Council on Monday.
On Tuesday, Amazon will give its second presentation to a city design review board (pdf, 12.5 MB).
Both presentations include new pictures of how the project would change Seattle, with 3-D images and maps of pretty landscaping, big sidewalks and an altered skyline. (Click the above photos for details).
The project calls for a total of six buildings, with three towers up to 37 stories high and three lower buildings of five to six stories. It includes a meeting hall for 2,000 people and parking for more than 3,000 cars. The project is near Amazon's recently opened South Lake Union campus and would more than double Amazon's rapidly growing footprint in Seattle.
If approved, the new footprint would be undeniably huge. The Seattle Times called it "the largest development ever proposed downtown," and The New York Times described Amazon's growth as "mind-boggling real estate figures."
Amazon said it would space out construction, building one tower every two to four years. It would require demolition of the Sixth Avenue Inn and the King Cat Theater.
An alley bisects each of the three blocks that Amazon wants to build on, in a way that limits development, the company says. Getting rid of them would lead to towers with better design variety and more spacing for views and sunlight, the company says.
But the city requires an exchange in public benefits any time it cedes the right to a public street.
"Make it clear how the design benefits the public and the neighborhood, not just Amazon," the Downtown Design Review Board wrote after Amazon's last review in March.
"Look beyond the lot lines; do not create a situation where the plazas are great, but the streets are dead."
Amazon has since submitted new pictures of what it proposes. They show an improved bus stop and streetcar platform, and nicer sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and bike lanes -- and a lot of trees.
- Amazon's request that the city vacate three alleys is scheduled for Monday's City Council briefing at 11 a.m.
- Amazon's second presentation to the Downtown Design Review Board is Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the Bertha Knight Landes Room in City Hall.


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Travelers have found that booking a Thursday departure is the best way to save up to 58% on the cost of booking your flights compared to booking on days of the week where this route is of high demand.
One of the essential ways to save on airfare from Chicago to Koh Samui is to remain as flexible as possible. Flights that are in the afternoon tend to be the most expensive. A flight in the morning could potentially save you up to 34% on airfare.
February is one of the best times of the year to fly to Koh Samui from Chicago. Prices for February average $1,114 per person but you can even find prices for as low as $771. The most expensive prices can be found in the month of June. Opting for a February flight can save you 86% on your journey compared to booking in June


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Don’t Expect New Hardware at WWDC 2018
Are the keys on your MacBook Pro falling off? Has your first-generation iPad Air slowed to a halt? If you were hoping to see new hardware products revealed at next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), you might be out of luck, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman.
For this year’s event, Apple might forgo new hardware announcements and instead stick with software.
The company is working on refreshes to the MacBook Pro and 12-inch MacBook with new Intel Corp. chips, and is planning a new low-cost laptop to succeed MacBook Air. But those won’t be ready until later this year, according to people familiar with the plans. Apple is also working on a redesigned iPad Pro line with Face ID, but that’s also expected later.
In doing so, the company might anger some would-be buyers, at least in the short term, but set itself up for a huge holiday quarter.
So what does Apple plan on unveiling next week instead of new hardware?
New augmented reality tools, for one. Bloomberg believes Apple will announce “ARKit 2.0,” which will add the ability for users to play AR games against each other in the same virtual environment.
Another mode allows objects to be dropped into an area and virtually remain in place. The features will be a prelude of what’s to come from an Apple AR headset planned for as early as 2020.
Apple could also announce a new initiative dubbed Digital Health, which is a series of tools to help you monitor how much time you spend on your devices and inside of individual applications. As former Tony Fadell, a former Apple executive who helped create the original iPhone and iPod said in a recent interview:
We need to have tools and data to allow us to understand how we consume digital media. We need to get finer-grain language and start to understand that an iPhone is just a refrigerator, it’s not the addiction.
Apple is also likely to reveal plans to further integrate iOS and macOS. As previously rumored, this could mean allowing developers to create iOS apps that also run on Macs.
What about new hardware? Gurman expects Apple to reveal updated versions of iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac this year. However, none of those will be ready for its close-up next week.
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Hyundai’s design team knows how to throw a curve or two.
The 2020 Hyundai Sonata sedan that made its debut at the 2019 New York International Auto Show pronounced a new era from the automaker’s recently staid shapes, but Hyundai’s design director said that’s just the beginning.
“Stay tuned because this is only the beginning…the whole world will freak out over (next-generation Tucson),” said SangYup Lee, Hyundai’s design vice president.
DON'T MISS: Hyundai Sonata N-Line coming with big power increase
Lee helped design the new Sonata, the recently unveiled 2020 Hyundai Venue crossover, and the upcoming Tucson. Although his prior work mostly involved luxury and performance benchmarks, including the C6 Chevy Corvette and vehicles from Bentley and Audi, Lee said he doesn’t consider designing higher-volume, lower-priced cars to be any less challenging than six-figure supercars for exclusive clientele.
2020 Hyundai Sonata
“Obviously the customer profiles are different, but they are looking for the same value,” Lee said. “It’s actually a consistent battle with design and engineering.”
That battle led to challenges that include the new Sonata’s signature LED light strips that reach from the headlights, up into the hood, and toward the front doors. Lee said engineers developed a laser etching process that seamlessly blended the LED lights into the chrome strips without hard edges.
“That was something to appreciate and I think it worked out great,” Lee said.
READ NEXT: First drive review: 2020 Hyundai Sonata doubles down on sedan segment in style
Lee and Hyundai design boss Luc Donckerwolke have notably shifted the automaker’s design language to “Sensuous Sportiness,” most often associated with the brand’s Le Fils Rouge concept that debuted at the 2018 Geneva auto show.
That design concept was a precursor to the Sonata, and it featured elements that Lee will incorporate into future cars. While he didn’t provide many specifics on the new cars’ designs, Lee hinted at unique profiles for each of the automaker’s crossovers and sedans, without the same-ness associated with Hyundai’s designs from a generation ago. Will dramatically different looks from the same automaker work?
2020 Hyundai Venue
“In a way it's like a brand awareness. The question on this clutter lacking consistency, I'll put it this way: Yes, there is a consistency, but you don't see instantly when we look at the car for the first time. When you start look closely, you discover, ‘This is a Hyundai detail,’” he said.
One of those details, the grille on the 2020 Venue, received a mixed reaction at the New York auto show. The chromed, thatched pattern on the Venue’s snout seemingly departs from Hyundai’s cascading design featured on the Santa Fe and other vehicles. Lee’s heard the talk, but said it’ll eventually be part of the small crossover’s appeal.
“When you come to the front (of the Venue), we want to add some personality. The personality, it doesn't have to be loved by everybody. It has a personality, you like it, you hate it?” he said.
Part of the Venue’s personality, Lee said, was drawn from its anticipated success in India. That the Venue is among the smallest cars sold by Hyundai isn’t a coincidence: The Venue’s overall length fits it into a smaller tax bracket in India. (The length in the U.S. is 159 inches, but across the world the Venue will get shorter bumpers to make it shorter than 4 meters from bumper to bumper.)
Lee said customers in the U.S. and India share similar values for different reasons.
2020 Hyundai Venue, 2019 New York International Auto Show
“There's a cultural language in India that’s rich, which has a lot of colorful patterns and character. It's a very extroverted character in India,” he said.
“This is why we actually made some strong character in the base…and the typologic (is) boxy. Actually, for us, it also works in the U.S. because, obviously, here a lot of people…look at the car as a character, it is so important. Having a distinctive face is so important.”
Which is why Lee seems excited to show the Tucson soon.
“If you think this is exciting, (when) you see that, you will freak out.”


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According to the statistics, poppy cultivation, drug trafficking, illegal mining, illegal exports, unpaid taxes, the grabbed lands’ business and money laundering make the main parts of the underground economy of the country.
“An initial review shows that at least 50 percent of the country’s economy might be illegal,” the SCO deputy chief Hasibullah Moahid said.
Moahid said he suggests further assessments into the issue to find the exact figure of illegal economy in the country.
According to Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI), some government’s high-ranking officials and parliament members are the main players of the country’s underground economy.
“There are many problems. You know when we do business, we pay one million AFs (as taxes), but when they do trafficking, they pay only 300,000 AFs (as taxes). We have two options: to stop our business because we cannot compete with them, or to join them and establish relations with them,” the ACCI deputy chief Khan Jan Alokozay said.
He urged government to eradicate the illegal economy.
The ACCI officials claimed that government has no plan on hand to stop underground economy in the country.


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adidas Snowboarding teamは、ライダー発表を行った。
adidas Snowboarding team announced
Portland, OR, October 12, 2012 – Today, adidas announces that it will extend its reach in Snowboarding with the addition of five new Pro team members. Joining Jake Blauvelt (signed earlier in the year, and with a signature après shred boot launching this month) the following Professional Snowboarders join
Kazu Kokubo, Eric Jackson, Helen Schettini, Forest Bailey and Keegan Valaika.